Admissions

United States District Courts, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California

Overview

Honors

Brian S. Fong is a Labor and Employment attorney in the firm's San Francisco office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Fong specializes in the defense of employers against all aspects of employment-related claims, including harassment, discrimination, and wage and hour disputes. Mr. Fong also has extensive experience advising employers of all sizes and business in proactive preventative measures to improve employee relations and minimize exposure to litigation risks.

Mr. Fong regularly presents on employment-related topics including sexual harassment prevention, conducting workplace investigations, effectively dealing with leaves of absence, and social media in the workplace. Mr. Fong previously founded and co-chaired a national series of webinars providing practical training to human resources specialists, generalists, payroll managers, upper level managers, in-house counsel, insurance carriers, and executives on important legal trends to help them make well-informed employment decisions on a day-to-day basis.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Mr. Fong was an associate with a large national firm in San Diego, where his practice focused on employment litigation and counseling, business litigation and professional liability matters.

Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Fong oversaw network and information systems technology for an architectural planning firm, and provided business continuity and security planning for all systems and company data.

Rising Stars® distinction in the field of Employment & Labor, General Litigation, and Professional Liability: Defense (2015, 2016)